South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

1020.─ Proceedings Beng. As. Soc. 1873, p. 75 ; Ind. Ant. Vol. I. p. 377, and Vol. III. p. 268, and Plates ; PSOCI. No. 31 ; Mysore Inscr. No. 130, p. 232. Gauj or Anantapur (spurious^[1]) plates of the Pâṇḍava Mahârâjâdhirâja Chakravartin Janamêjaya, lord of, and residing at, Hastinâpura :─

(L. 13).─Chaitra-mâsê krishṇa . . . . . . va-karaṇê uttarâyaṇa-saṁ[krânti]-vyatîpâta-nimittê sûryya-parvaṇi ardhagrâsa-grahita-samaê.

1021.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 1, p. 1, and Plates ; Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 26, and Plate. Rock inscription^[2] recording the death of the Âchârya Prabhâchandra.

1022.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 55, p. 47. Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription,^[3] giving an account of some Jaina teachers among whom is a Prabhâchandra whose feet were worshipped by Bhôjarâja, the king of Dhârâ.

1023.─ Inscr. at Śravaṇa-Beḷgoḷa, No. 58, p. 55. Fragmentary Kanarese inscription, commemorating the death of a certain Piḷḷa (called Mâvan-gandhahastî, ‘a rutting elephant to his father-in-law’), which took place─

Chitrabhânu-saṁvatsaram adhik-Âshâḍha-bahuḷa-dasa(śa)mi-dinadoḷ.

Âshâḍha was intercalary in Chitrabhânu = Ś. 904 and 1384 ; according to Mr. Rice, the former year would be intended here.

1024.─ Coorg Inscr. No. 8, p. 11, and Plate. Bhagamaṇḍala inscription^[4] of the time ‘ while Metpuṇḍi Kunniyarasa was ruling the nâḍ :’─

(L. 1).─ Kany-ârûḍha-Bṛihaspatau Vṛiśchik-âkhyê mahâ-mâsê Bṛihaspaty-Uttarâ-dinê.

1025.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 74 ; PSOCI. No. 75 ; Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. I. Plate Iv. No. 33. Aihoḷe inscription^[5] containing the name of Narasobba,^[6] perhaps the builder of a temple.

Ind. Ant. Vol. VIII. p. 287, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 78. Two Aihoḷe Kanarese Inscriptions^[7] recording gifts to ‘ the Five-hundred of Âryapura (Ayyâvoḷe).’

1027.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 99 ; PSOCI. No. 84. Aihoḷe Sanskṛit and Kanarese rock Inscription^[8] of Baregedêva-Nâyaka :─

(L. 3).─ Prajôtpatya-saṁhmacharada | Chayitra-ba llû |

1028.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 74, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 81. Aihoḷe inscription consisting of the words Vaṁśiga-Biṭṭu-kṛitam.

1029.─ Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. III. p. 127, No. 24 ; PSOCI. No. 74. Aihoḷe Kanarese memorial tablet.

1030.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. IX. p. 74, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 80. Aihoḷe Kanarese(?) inscription.

1031.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 104, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 51. Bâdâmi (Mahâkûṭa) Kanarese pillar inscription ; mentions a Mahâsâmanta Ereve.

1032.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 61, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 42. Bâdâmi Sanskṛit and Kanarese inscription in praise of one Kappe-Arabhaṭṭa.

1033.─ Ind. Ant. Vol. X. p. 62, and Plate ; PSOCI. No. 43. Bâdâmi Kanarese inscription recording a gift to one Śrîdharabhûtêśvara.

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^[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXX. p. 220, No. 44.
^[2] According to Mr. Rice “ certainly not later than about 400 A.D. ; ” according to Dr. Fleet, on palæographic grounds “ to be allotted to approximately the seventh century A.D.”
^[3] According to Mr. Rice, of about A.D. 1115.
^[4] Part of the text is in Sanskṛit ; what the language of the rest is, has not been ascertained.
^[5] Of about the 7th or 8th century A.D.
^[6] Compare the name Ganasobba, in Archæol. Surv. of West. India, Vol. I. Plate Iv. No. 34 ; Ind. Ant. Vol.
^[7] Of about the 8th or 9th century A.D.
^[8] Of about the 15th or 16th century A.D.